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. • • 1.1 'r4 11 • 4 ` l l. r ea4,-.0 1- e44.3 "Cel4,--;111 //1-2 ~~ N UMBER 10,482. SATURD a EVENING, APRIL 15, 18.26 PARLIAMENT. rcE SEX EN PEN CE. -~~-- HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 14. The Duke of NORTHUMB - ERLAND presented Petition from certain Shipholders resident in South Shields in the County of Durham, praying for Protecting Duties.—Laid on the table. By. His MAJESTY'S ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, and by SPECIAL . APPOINTMENT. FRANCIS HEALY, Bulls Pill, near Newn ham, Gloucestershire, (late of Londoni) Master Mason to the PATENT- MARBLE WORKING COMPANY., re. ePtctfully solicits the commands of the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public. 'Orders correctly executed by him for Chimney Pleas, Monumenti,Tables and ever y . description of Works in M* gr, from elegant and classical designs, ornamented with a superior polish, not to be obtained by manuel labour. A choice collection of Chimney Pieces, and a variety of specimens constantly on sale at the Works, and at the following Agents. London—Mr. Oeorge Brown, 4, Regent-street, Pall Mall. Gloucester--Messrs. Norris and Prossers. Cheltenham—Mr. John Cook. Bristol—Mr. Wm. Bartlett. DREADFUL HAVOC IN TitADE.-The Public is respectfully informed, that 27 failures in the City, of Wholesale Dealers (nine have become bankrupts), among which are, Irish Linen Factors, Scotch Table Linen Dealers, Manchester Warehousemen, Dealers .in Cotton Gooja and Silks, Norwich 'Manufacturers of Bombazines, Cash tu eres, rich Silk Shawls and Crapes, Scotch Factors, Dealers in Muslins, Shawls, Shertlngs, and - Bed Ticks, Witney Blanket W are h ousemen , Barnsley Sheeting Agents, and Spite Melds Silk Dealers. The above Stocks amount to 170,000/. sterling, and must be Sold off forthwith, to make is speedy dividend to the creditors. Families furnishing new establishments (with ready money) will find this an opportunity that will never again occur. The above stocks are removed to the corner of Rederoes-street, Barbican, where the whole will be Sold Off with dispatch, by direction of Al r. Lloyd, Accountant, who has engaged, as Salesman, William Gardam, John Thomp son, Charles IVright, and William Armstrong, to Sell Off fin metliatelY, some of the Greatest largaina ever known in LINEN DRAPERY, SRA - MERCER Y, Sse. &c.:--Finest Irish Linen, Is. 9d. a yar,.l, worth 4s. 6.1. ; some at ls.,suitable for gentlemen's wear ; those at 9d. are Very good ; a lot at 43. and lid. a yard. Russia Sheeting, without a seam, Is. 6tl. a yard; 2i yards wide ditto, 2s. a yard ; the finest made, 2sl 6cl. (the factor's price was 3s. 9d.) a yard-sold at the Nl'est End at ss. W. a yard ; no pieces of Russia Sheeting. Is. a yard, worth 2s. 3d. ; Mock Russia, at 3d. and 6d., good for servants' use. Damask Table Cloths, 2s. 6d. each large size, 3s. 6d. ; the best quality, three yards square, 10s. no. ; four yards long, 164. ; six yards long, 215., worth /Ws. 'Damask Napkins, tin. per dozen; the hest and largest size, 84. 6d. Bombazines, the finest quality, Is. a yard, cheap at 3s. 9d. ; 20 pieces at 4d., 6d, and 9d. a yard.-200 per cent. of the factor's price. Rich Lustrings, Is. 6d a yard, cost 3s. 3d. Silk Shawls, 10s. 6d. ' worth 30s. ; those at 13s; are Ch ea p a t t wo g ui neas . Rich wide Black Sarcenet, Is. 9d. Gross de Naples, 2s. 3d. Blankets, Is. a pair ; those at 3s. are very large ; the very best lambs' w oo l, th ree y ar d s square, Ids. 6d. cost the factor, Us. Three yards square Counterpanes, ss. 9d. ; four yards ditto, Os. 6d. Beautiful Quilts, 9s. ; three yards square, 121. ; th e l argest an d h est , 21 5 ., worth- three guineas. The finest Welch Flannel, 9s. a yard, yard Wide, factor's price 35.9 d.; very fine, Is. 3d. a yard ; some at .fad. worth 29.1 those at 6d. are strong . and wide. The - Jacconot Muslins are Gd. a yard ; the finest gut:l4 its. the piece (21 yards). Capital flocks_ back, 41. a yard. Real Russia Towelling, W. a yard, worth 9d. Also 2,0001. worth of soiled Irish Linens, Damask Nap kins, and Table Cloths, to be sold in a small lots at half the factor's price.-All to be sold 'at the corner of Re4cross-street, Barbican, by Wm. Gardner, John Vtompson, Chas. Wright, Win. Armstrong, salesmen.-All litters must be post paid.- Alanufacturers' General Warehouse over the doors. A PATENT HAT with a DOUBLE T HE Complaints universally made of !fats manufactured on the Old Principle, that they break, admit the rain in the Brim, lose their shape, and get too large for the Head, induced • - GA and CO. to obtain his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent on the 27th of August, 1828; for a NEW WATER-PROOF BEAVER, HAT, with a DOUBLE BRIM, which no rain can ever pe.' netrate, nor can the severest wear ever break, It can neither lose its shape, soften, nor alt er i n size, and for Col our , .ale.once, and Durability, it is unequalled : in tact, all the im perfections common to other Hata are effectually removed and counteracted. this Hat will also be found the most economical, as it will OUT WEAR TWO made in the usual way. Price 30 Shillings. Manufactured by ()AWN and Co. 392, STilASW,opno . Alta Cecil-street Nu. 30, STRAND. rrHE TOWER, or SUPERSTITION SUB. num. • Ye Towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and 'midnight murder fed,' A Sentry who the Odes of Gray had read, The plaintive Bald, immortaliz'd by Fame— This Sentry yet to superstition prone, Mus'd on each deed of death,—the fancied moan Of slaughter'd victim striliesibe lisersing ear, And now, in thought. the ghastly shades appear. His mind these dread ideas while possegsing, Pond'ring the mode of properly addressing The airy visitants, their forms if rearing, An Officer, his, s igitaner attacking. Appear'd, in Boots Mired by Warren's Mocking, The Sentry's image in the Jet appearing: Undaunted, %Vim goes there ?' the Sentry cried— ' 'A Friend !'—a low; sepulchral voice, relstied.— ' Not so, if ri g h t I guess, no Friend of Mine—, Advance, one only— Give the Countersign!! The Sentry'l image in the Jet's fins hue • Now sbone r7 A tiny Imp's dark form to view ! One !' cried the Officer, 'Fray Where's the o th er ?' '4Close by your Cloven Foot, 'I spy Another.' ' , The Sentry said ,—' So courte ous Mi ster Devil, "With all your candying tongue,.. and manners el% ii, For once your subtlety with motel' is fitted ; A British Soldier has your art tiutwilted.' His strange belief and d aun tl es courage • nbtcd, The Sentry late now Serjeant stands promoted; The Tower now no glaring ghost attackin g ,_ ExPreied 411-.. by Warren's splendid Blocking ! • --- This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON •, • And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID, in Bottles, Gd. led; lvd. and 18& each. Also PASTE BLACKING, in Pots thl. ted. and IBd. each. A Shilling I'ot of Paste is equal to Four is, Bottles of Liquid. JJ.DEAN, FASHIONABLE nun' MILL. . • Tally TAILOR, 421, STRAND, LONDON, te• u epeetfully a p pr i zes G ent l emen and Tradesmen, t hat his Stock f CLOTHS and CASSIMERES are of the hest Wem. of England, Spanish, and Saxon Mandacture, which his plan of Cash Prices will enable him t o o ff er th e P u bli c at the fat. lowing very low Rat es; a t th e same t i me pledging himself to b are every article of the best Workmanship, and cut in the roost Fashionable Style, viz Su p e rfine Coat in Col o u rs . 4:. s. d . r. s. d. 2140t0 3 0 0 Superfine Ditto, Blue or Black 9 IR 0 -- 3 3 0 "Mu Ditto, best Sax•iny Wool do. : 3 8 o—3 18 0 Superfine Great Coat or Frock, in Colours 3 0 0 -.. 3 10 0 Ditto do. faced with Silk . 380-- 3 iG 0 S.,llPed Kerte - mete 'Fimier. . Iso 1 8 0 ‘l'utlinet and } Valentin Waistcoats 014 Illack or Buff K erse y W a i s t coats 0 0 14 00 13 0— 0 1 5 0 White hlarccllcs Waistcoats - 0130 0 1 0 A Suit of Liver ComPlete . - 410 0 following . D submits Y to Gentlemen who contract by the Year the ,„ low Terms :—. ‘i mnits, .. ‘BO 10 01 4 Suits 5 Ditto 2,; 0 0I 3 Ditto . y_ .. The Left , off Clothes must be returned. v ...Nies' Habits and!Pelisses Plain or Elegantly Braided.-- °nag Gentlemen's or Children's Dresses, Fancy or Plain, ° lt the lowest poisible Terms. —Gentlemen's'Camlet Cloaks Ippt On Mind for the eotirenieney of Gentlemen traveiling.— , e gintentals and N as al ' Uniforms to Regulation.—Export urders executed at iper cent. upon Cost Price. Three doors front Bcdford.street ,C4O 0 0 lti 0 0 ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Earl UREY presented a petition from Darlington, praying for the abolition of Slavery in our West India Colonies.— Also Shriller 'petitions from Coggershall, in the North Rid ing of Yorkshire, and from a pariah in East Lothian. —Laid on the table. Earl DUDLEY and WA RI) begged to call the attention of their Lordships to a petition which he held in his hand, from ' the Board of Council and House of Assembly in the island-of Antigua. Ile certainly thought the inhabitants of that island were good authority for all that concerned the slave population % for he believed that as regar d e d t h e i r con di t i on, both physical and moral, the slaves of Antigua were better off than the slaves of any other of the West India Islands ; and would bear an ad. vantageous comparison wit's the free 'Clicks in any country. The petitioners indulged in expressions which, perhaps, would be considered too harsh against a certain body of persons in this country, who were known as Abolitionists. Whilst lie acknow ledged that some of the expressions used in the petition-may be considered harsh, he thought it just to observe that the Colonists themselves had been the objects of unmeasured invective; and it was not to be wondered at if they had not confined themselves within proper bounds, when speaking of their Opponents. No. thing contained in the petition was half as violent, however, as expressions applied to the Colonists by the anti-slavery party in this country. As far as regarded the House, he begged to ob serve that the language of the petitioners was perfectly respect ful, they only desired, and he thought justly pressed it upon the Legislature, that if any measure injurious to their interests, was fixed upon, they should receive a full and fair indemnity. - Onthis subject he should trouble their Lordships whilst he shortly stated his own opinions. lie did not think t h e C o l o . lists were intitled to' any . indemnity, because the Legislature passed Acts for the protection of the master on his improvement in the condition of slaveiy. But the moment the Legislature took another important step differing in kind and degree, the moment it took away his services, or set the slave freo, they must then in. demnify the masters. Where slavery ended there cbmpensation must begin. It may appear extremely harsh that one man should be the property of another man,: and so it was, but such had been the practice for above one hundred years, and that practice had been during that period sanctioned and protected by Clo yernment. If new light had now broken in o n th e wor ld, an d that the horror of such a system was universally felt, the price of that knowledge should be paid by the public, and not by the descendants of those .who only shared the guilt, and were bat the instruments of a general policy. It may be said, and he knew it had been said, that the system of slavery was adverse to the British Constit u ti on , an d t h at no compensation ought to lie granted to those who pursued such a traffic. What could be more contrary to the spirit of the Constitution titan the indemni. fication of the owners of boroughs for the loes of those boroughs., yet this had been done in Ireland at the Union. The justice of this indemnification was never impugned, and he contended, that upon every principle of law, justice, and prescription, the right of the petitioners to indemnification was much stronger. In fact, in many of the petitions praying for the abolition of slavery, the principle of indemnity was fully admitted. The application of that principle was certainly full of difficulty.— Some thought the substitution of free labour for slave labour :desirable. He (Earl Dudley and Ward) was sensible that free labour wasthe best, and tie was one of those, who did not think it impossible that free labour may be gradually introduced into our colonies with advantage. In this he differed with some of the colonists. He saw that for a slight addition of profit, per sons could be induced to engage in the most laborious and unhealthy employments 2 mid he did not see why this in all not operate in t h e W est. l n di es us well as all ,other countries, but he objected to any thing like a sudden transition from slave labour to free labour. If several thou sand persons were immediately made free, it mast inevitably be productive of the' worst consequences. 'At all events eman cipating any slaves would bean experiment, the risk of which should be borne by the public, and not by the planters.— But the planters were told that they were indebted to the value of their slaves minus of, that which they gain by what is c a ll e d t h e i r:unjust monopoly. This would be similar to a case where a person gave up a part of his property for a road or barrack, and when he applied for coinpensation, should be told, 0, certainly you are entitled to compensation, minus what you derive, from what a Noble Lord opposite (Lord King) would the most u nj us t system of' the Corn Laws.— The . cases were parallel, and whether the monopoly of the Co lonists was just or unjust ; the qu e sti ons stoo d upon t h e same ground. He (Lord Dudley and Ward) assured their Lordships that his private' nterest in the Colonies was very small, too small . to have weighed with him, if lie did not think there was justice due to other persona. It was under this impression that he addressed their Lordships. He feared that under the name of humanity some persons proposed to sweep away the moat ordi. nary principles of justice. At the conclusion of the petition the petitioners had proposed what their Lordships would pro bably consider somewhat extraordinary. They prayed that Go vernment would take their whole property at a valuation, and then try what experiments •they wished upon it. Ile did not think Government would be disposed to consent to a proposition for taking into their own hands the whole Island of Antigua ; but he often thought that the improvements recommended should first be tried on a small scale, anti confined to colonies in the immediate possession of Government. At all events he thought it desirable the. the experiment should first be tried upoisa small scale. The Earl of LIVERPOOL apprehended, that in point of form, the petition could only be received as comin g f rom t h e speaker at the house of Assembly. This was a matter of Par. liamentary discussion, which he should be glad to have settled. No , doubtAhe Colonial A s,emblies should have some means' of sating 'their grievances,lt was most important that they should have such meanS, if it was admitted, as no doubt it was, that ,the,legisli.A.:re of this country had the right of legislating for the Colonies. Ile did n ot w i s h to press the matter to an rm. Mediate decision ; but he tho u ght the consideration one of con siderable in iportali ce, o kfter a fewobservationsfrom the Earl of LauDESDALE and Viscount 111F.i4VILLE, upon the question of form, • Lord CA LTH OR PE, ease, and claimed the attention of their Loittliks, Whibit he offered a tel observations in reply to the Noble Lord who presented the petition. He said the Colo. nists, by their own,acts, and hy the resistance which they had Offered to the measures of Qovanment, had brought down heafier reProtichei and more obloquy on themselves, than had been,heaped on them , by any party in this country. Per4ons in this country Were justly warranted ,in throwing odium on the Colonists, until they acted conformable to reason and the gprin elides of humanity. The charges made against the' MOE- Lim - 16,Es were.altogether. unfounded. The Noble Lord charged them with desiring a sudden and precipitate change; but he (Lord Cahhorpe) believed, if the language of the .Abolitionists was examined, it would be found that they had uniformly advocated measures which should be brought into opera tion gradually : The Coloni,4s were amenable for the dread— ful height of iniquity which was now to be found prevail.' ing in the Colonies ; and he (I ord Calthorpe)`.would be glad, and would be the first to bail it, if they could come for. ward and cle ar t h emse l ves fr om t h e reproaches showered upon them, in a manner more satisfactory to the House than they had yet done. • • Lord DUDLEY and WARD exphiined. Ile said that the anti-slavery p art y we r e lib era l in their reproaches, and that this produced retorts from the Colonies. As to the second charge, that a portion of the Abolitionists ►pressed for a sudden change. he did not thi n k i t unfounded, The Noble Lord (Calthorpe) himself was reported to have expresed his desire that the abo haul) should take place during the life time of a very celebrat- ed , public characte r (Mr. Wilberforce) who, it is well known,' was advanced in years: if an abolition. should take place be fore the death of this' Most tininent man, he (Lord Dudley and, Ward) thought himself warran tedin saying it would be A Sud den abolition. Lord CALT 11 0.11,P explained. He had never used the ex. pressions imputed -t o hi m. . tweeting of the Anti-Slavery &:ociety, soon , after the • retirement nf ;11r.. Wilbertince, he had said, that even before that illustrious mau'a death, he hoped; he may see a ilSible and antisfactory approach inane to a firm] o°7 lition, and by such a prospect, enjoy that reward of his labduis which was yet withheld from him. [We understand that at the suggestion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the petition was finally ordered to be referred to a Committee, to consider the point of term referred to by tie Earl of Ltvica Pool.. I CORN LAWS. Lord KING presented a petition from the Borough of Pres ton, praying for a repeal of th e C orn L aws. I l e sa id t h at t h e district in which the Petitioners reside winced much' from the deed weight. Recalled the petition a petition ageing pauperism and famine; as bye law established, whenever.corn was shove 70s. the quartern, it would have arrived at a famine price, and there was no saying that in the course of the year it may not amount to that famine price. This was a question in which on the one side, there was the landlords, and on the other the ge neral interests of the country-. It VMS power against reason and justice, an* he was confident the latter would triumph in the' end. it would certainly triumph, if the Noble Earl(Liverpool) was not controuled and counteracted by those who had other views besides the public good. If the system was persevered in, by what magic could we prevent oar manufactures from being transferred to other countries, where the necessaries of life were so much more moderate, and the profit on capital as great ; and if this communication should arise,how could the misery which must arise be answered for ? The Marquis of SA LISBURY wondered why the Noble Lord (King), did not bring forward a spe c ifi c m o tion forthc re peal of the Corn Laws. - The course he was now, pursuing had no other effect but to stir up the manufacturers against their best friends—against those persons to whom they were .principally indebted for their present prosperity. The manu facturers, he contended, depended, principally on the land , holders.—(Hear!) Lord KING said, he could not bring forward the Bill he would wish to bring forward. He wished to bring forward a' Bill with duties, which he understood could not originate in that House. If he could bring forward such a Bill, he would do so to-morrow, The Earl of I.ALTDERDALE thought it would be much more manly if the Noble Lord brought forward a specific ma 'en; but he believed that would not suit his purpose. The Noble Lord knew nothing of the merits of the qut , stion, if he thought that those who opposed a free trade in corn wiSted the poor to have dear bread. In the reign of Charles IL corn should have risen to 81. of the present money before it could be im ported, and at all periods it was proved that a reasonable pro tecting duty could not have the effect of raising the price of bread. Did the Noble Lord mean to say that the price of labour had any connection with the price of grain P Some thought the price of labour depended upon the price of grain, others that it was regulated by the currency. In his (Lord Lauderdale's) opinion, it depended entirely upon the proportion of the supply .to the demand. It was found too that in a cheep year, labour rose, and in a dear y ear l a b our f e ll. Tire Noble Lord could neither have attended to facts nor results, or else he could never come forward in the .manner he did, night after night, super. sing 4 body of men remarkable for their generosity. The land. ed interest of England was remarkable above that of any other country, for its regard for the poor, and he believed there was no other man could be found to stigmatise it but the Noble Lord. Lord KIND said the Noble Earl charged him with using'no other weapons but squibs, he could retort and say the Noble .Lord's weapons ware paradox's and crotchets. The Noble Lord ' went back to the reign of Cha r l es 11., b ut did not reflect how diferent the state of the country was then and at present. Then much good land was uncultivated, now much inferior land was forced into cultivation by the • corn laws. As to the price of labour, that lie contended must depend on the price of corn for a series of years. The Earl of MA LMESIILTRY congratulated the House upon having ascertained the Noble Lord's (King's) sentiments. —lie now understood that the Noble Lord did, not advocate a free trade in corn, but protecting duties. Ile had really thought hitherto that the Noble Lord was the champion of a free trade in corn, whether it came from Odessa, Dantric., or any other part of the world. The Noble Lord's attacks upon, the landed interest were spoken with such a good,humoured face, that he (Lord M.) could not feel angty with hini. SCOTCH BANKING SYSTEM.' The Earl of LAurnottm T. E presented Petitions front several 'Parishes in the county of FoxAsr, againat Any alteration in the Scotch Banking System.—Laid on the tahle. Lord Owynya presented . similar .Petitions from several Parishes of Perthshire„ which were disposed of in the satrie, manner. • I PAYMENT OF NOTES. . The Order of the Day having been reed, The Marquis of eLANSDOWN'aaid, that ift moving the second reading of the Bill for rendering notes payable at the place where they were issued,' it was not necessary that he Mould detain their Lordships by recalling to their attention a subject_ which had been made'most familiar to them in a former ' part of the Sessions. Bat he wished to cornet a misconception which, from letters which he had. received, he found had gone forth—that the - object of his Bill wits, to prevent notes being made payable at, other places than that tuners they were issued. This certainly Was not the case. The measure did not interfere with any of the places where it might be found convenient • to make notes payable; it merely enacted that one of those places should be the one where they hail been issued. The real ob. jects of the Bill were twofold ; to check the circulation of notes, and to ensure a free compatittbn td all banking establishments. As to the first, their Lordships could not doubt that a check, founded on a metallic basis; mast be the best and most efficient of all checks.' • It was deSirahle that Itis operation should act as speedily as possible, and what. could act more speedily than giving every facility to the neighbours of a Bunk, and ewe. dally the poorer classes, to change their notes immediately into gold, as the very•first alarm they might feel as to the solidity of that bank ; this was what the country had a right to require. It would have been highly advantageous to the banks them se lve s . had greater facilitie e o f t hi s kind 'been ailbrcied before the late failures and the distresses which they occasioned. For had banks been alarmed by a short and unfounded run upon them, they would have curtailed their issues in time, and tints put an end to the excess of over trading, and to the dangers with which it was attended. As a proof of the importance attached to the withholding of facilities for payment by those establishments which had made an irruption into the respectable profession of banking, and traded without sufficient capital, he would men. don what had come to his knowledge. A country banker, after Jawing a large number of notes, actually entered into an agreement with the paymasters of several regiments, paying them a per centage for circulating .his notes in every part of the country where they went, and making . distance the measure of th e p e r centage. T he other object of the Bill was one or eeptal utility, to support the principle and reality of fair competition. For banks allowed to issue notes payable at , a distance were enabled, without any property to entitle them to it, to compete with dilate establiehments whose notes were payable on the spot itself. As long es things were quiet there might be no harm; but at the first moment of alum, those whose notes were not payable pumped nit of -the other hanks, and instead of providing a reservoir themeelves, made one out of the exchequer of their neighbours:: If this continued all bankers must de the same for self.protection ; and the • circulation or the country Might be brought to eueth a state, that notes would Ise payable at every other place save that where they were .issued. The effect of We had • het et proved in Ireland, by the notes of one house being at a discount, whilst those of another were at par, Ile trusted that their leerclshipe would adopt n measure siaHar in prieeiple to that which he ,was recommending, whatever they might 'do with the provisions which he bad introduced. lie knew that there were individuals who thought that certain establish_ nit-nts' were entitled to be excel:tail from the operation of the law. A Noble Friend of his was of that opinion with respect to Scotland. Whatever import nee he (the Maequis of • Lansdown) attached to the principle:of the eeeesure, yet having had an opportunity of observing the skill and inilastry ti n f g the o ! g m ! ? p t i l i c a i v r e t t a n d at se c r o i u th n t e r r y :, he s admitted diirent %t i e a sy n stt o e t e b i: r f s ' , B u a ti nk to . be entitled to exception. Ile would therefore concede a point to that perseverance and unanimity which the Serticb ylayed anti with whi c h we of the South did not always eta' its. tereeta. Ile respected and admired them too remelt to wish to do them any injury. Ile should therefore merely propose fiat the second reading of his Bill abould now take place, and C at e it be reserved for the Committee to Male any alteretiotiS' which it might tint* requisite. lie was also glatified .14: being' ' able to state, on . proper authority, that Te e htitctehlet Henke ' were of opinion, t h at i f t ha t 'Bill p4sed, it would he full, !':. cleat to ice object in 'preventing the praeli , :rs •daevriteal. Noble. Alarqeie then. moved ; that the rill he reed inle, and referred to a COMMiLteU on Tuesday sa e The. Eatl of Fit ItNIiAM sitetild have no obActiorlat e t: measure Wit were prospectitvone—naya lie *dal s e t / ii, ta with all his heart. But if it were to take ercetaitpuenefi a t ae • after the passing of the act, there Would be Art at ditheulty emit injustice : for if old notes were to be called in, and new once issued in their stead, there would be both trouble and cis. pence; and yet, if it were not done, the whole measure would be defeated—because the ald notes tii4fht be collected and re issued, instead of being cashiered. lie hoped, however, that the Committee would find the means of mastering these (I-Wien/- ties. With respect to the case of the Banker and the Payinas ters, it was not a new one, but had occurred fourteen or tiftea: years ago. Earl ROSSLYNatntended that the Bill as it . stood would put an end to all credit in Ireland, and to all agencies and B an ks in Scotland. • Viscount . AIELVILLF rose chiefly to giie notice that he in. • tended to move in the Committee, that Seotland be m.onpted from the operation of the trettsure.. The question, as it stood at this moment, would bc,oneof 'tlagrant injustirettad7tiniair dealing. A propdsition to alter the system of Banking, and to abolish. all notes untie? 61., had been referriNd to at Committee ; • no Report had yet been . made, and the country viewed the present measure with the great.,•st: alarm as likely to - derange its whole Banking system. Should they rot inquire: before they decided? having done so in • one instance, stiottlall, they not do it in the other ? A4l to. Ireland, he was riot sufficiently informed to pretend to'judgc, but inSeotlittd there' was no doubt thetthome flanks, which had long established' branches,: Would be obliged. to withdraw . . theft', if the oper.. two of - the Bill extended to that country. lie trustett•thare fare that the Noble Martinis Would fla!te. no Übj:,:tiuti in the Committee to postpone that part Of hi, niezNure which etnhrac .ed Scotland till inquiry had be made and a Report-had been received. The Earl of LAtjbERDA LE said; thei his Chief difiloltv with respect to the Bill was, whether it lint any tnetctio 4 or not. Indeed he had scarcely any doubt. that,. if it came int.) a Court of Law, it would be fauna to enact nothing at all. if it - did any thing, it would destroy th e wh o l e b ranch system in Ireland. What inconvenience would not ite created by making notes payable only at those places whet.e they were issued. fact, the country would suffer More front th.t remedy to. the,evil than from the evil itself. If the Bill pa.ssed into a law; • had authority to say, that there would not be in Scotland a single branch bank, except perhaps ;At , The Earl of LIMEIOCK also expreised himself hostile to the measure. Lord KING Said that the object of the Bill WWI to prevent a very disreputable practice. Mr. Burke had complained in his time that a measure had been deltatedi, because the King's Scullion.happened to bee Member of Parliament' These im proper practices would probably continue, because there hap. pened to be some Scotch Bankers Members of Parliament. After a few observations in ftvour of the Bid from the Earl of CALEDOriand Viscount CLI EDEN, The Earl of LIVER POOL said, that he thought the object of the Bill most desirable, and should -ther v f oro vote f or t h e se , cond reading. The subject, however, was involved in difficul ties, and care mutt be taken whilst avoiding one evil not to fall into another. Ile recommended to the Noble :Marquis tallow more time between the second reading and 'dr: Committee, mad instead of Tuesday next, to fix the Committe e for Tuesday as it was likely that the Bill for establishing firaitch Banks in England would undergo considerable.alterations in the other R euse, and that might in some degree bear upon the question, . ----- The Marquis of LAwspowit adopted the suggestion of the Noble Earl. The Bill was then read a end time and ordered to becont. milted on Tuesday se'imight. ROMAN CATHOLICS. The Marquis of LawanowN gare notice that on Monday next It was his Intention to present a petition front the Roman Catholics of Ireland.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. POTTERS! REGULATION BILL Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition frotn several persons concerned in the manufacture of earthenware in Staftbrdshire and the county Palatinate of Durham, in favour of the Potters' Regulation Ball.—Laid on the table. The Hon. Member begged leave to postpone the second reading of the Bill in con.iequence of an obj ect i on ra i se d b y the Hon. Presiden t of the Board of Trade, against the principle of the 13111. Mr. CALCHAFT and Mr. Alcterllllol7llo3lY69.l objected to thN Bill in toto. Nr. LITTLETON said that the opposition to the Bill arose from interested motives of individuals. The second reading of the Bill was postponcd until this day week 11l BM I Nan AM AND LIVE It POOL CAN I, BILLS. Lord CLIVE moved the Order of the Day Ca- the re-com- Mittel of the Liverpool and Birmingham Canal Bill. Mr. CA LeRA T.optiosed the motion. He had in his pocket a petition which had been signed only, two hours ago by a lady who had already • petitioned against the bill. He alluded to Mrs:dolpison, through *hose property the canal was. intended to pass I she . had been represented to the House as an elderly widow lady, and possessing only a small landed property, he could assure them that she was not old, but, on th e contrary, was in the prime of life, and was possessed at once of personal attractions and a landed property of 400 acres.,-(A laugh.).... It was-of no chnsequence, liewever, whether the case was , that of a widow, Wife, or maid, the fact was still the same, the in'. vasion of property without' consent. Mr. LITTLETON tumid pay every compliment to the gal. laht bcitaviour Of the Hon. Member for Wartliam, and at the same time wished to know. where thislady was to be found.— He kiitav that she must be in or near London from the eireutn. , stance of her having signed the petition which the hone Mem. her had alluded. to. He (Mr. Calcraft). was her representative, and as her prorhON awl, he thought it would be better to have her brought before the Committee by a writ Ornalkyla Corpus, .and examined as to her dissent or approval of the bill. He was sure that she was not averse to the canal, and- he trusted that the !louse would allow the re-committal of the bill. slr. W. PEEL could assure the Hon. Member forWareham, .that it was not the intention of the Promoters of the Bill to deprive nor person of land without their assent. .%Ir. LA WLEY would vote against the re-committal of the W, and felt convinced of the petitioners' claims upon the at.' tendon of the House. Sir GE O. CHETWYND thought it very hard, after the repeated assertions of Mrs. Johnson's aversain to the Canal passing through her property, that she should be put to the, immense extiesice of being heard by Counsel before the Com mittee on the Llilr for the pu r p ose o f repeat i ng what she has already ssul. The SPEAKER then put the question. • • Mr. S. Rice: rose to present`two petitions from individuals of the names of Bourne and Belcher, complaining ot the intend ed line of the Canal, which would materially injure their pro- ~perty by parsinrf through it.• ' Mr. 1 , 11.714CT0N explained, that the Canal was not in- ternietho interfere with 'Mr.'lleleher's lands. Sir J. • W ROTTESLE'S.' c .atitt assure the • Hon. Member of the same fact, and hoped, aft , r these ass,ertions, the house would drop the subject of the Bill, and dbcide •nisin the ques tion ot' the re-committal, When those Hon. Members who oppos ed the Bill might there state their objections. AIL Cu LVERT opposed the re.cominitud. Mr. CA LCRA FT ststed that there bud been gross irregUla- • rides in the proceedingS of the last Committee. They • had al. toed the line of the canal, and made it pass . oter property with. out -asking the consent of the pr o p r i etors of such - land. lie would ask' the Noble LAM whether he had signed the Report of the Cominittee, as Chairman of it, !irides the impression that eve:) , person had assented to the route of the canal In fact, his friend the lion. Baronet (Sir Chetwynd) who was- pre sent At the same ComMittee, assured him of that belt ; ; the case. Here aaK:a groisti piece of irregularity: arid he should move that the Bill should be referred to a Committee of Standing Orders, and not to the same Committee who brat proceeded in so iojudi. ciouS a manner. • ' • • A .:11r.r.tut:u under the Geilery thought it would be better for the BM to be referred to the Committee alt Standing Ord: rig. tiv'u.s.°Tdoniltrililt.‘:).l,l:o,lfP• i t t :: ' e r.c o ' p L poTi k n " ;; T(' pt h tr ati ttes b . een A .s p ° e nl rtto e n ti' l i t B a i t ' l 'k u e %'i l it t on Mrs. ~ : , 4 84 And ,c4not c*:,:y roily satisfied of he r eon ," t • to the !111, ..:ittat 4as only after t!A: Nil had been brought for ' ward ' was rt..vare ot her disapprobation. 'De ( 'lord Clive) t,t. had •iliteoded to have brought' •.. basis of which was to prevent ty of any individual, unless obi re o.; 7tK trona- r. LAW r.}:y and Mr. CAL. . nci Mr. LITTt.E•rox and Mr. W. e• 1.,, favour was ordered to be re-committed on Tuesday next. Filf/.11 THE LORDS. A Message from the Lords requested that leave might be givtn to illassey Dawson, 1..*.5q., and other ?Members of the noose, to attend and give 'evidence before a Committee of Pri vileges of the /louse of Lords and o John Gladstone, & o . to attend and give evidence' before the Committee on the Man , chester arid Liverpool Railway Bill. PETITIONS. Lord BELGRAVE pruentizti .a petition for the better rept• lotion of'the Water-works of the city of Chester. —Laid on the ;41dr, Mr. Cate:tart. resented a petition from M ra . J o h nston it.'ainst the biverpoo and Birmingham Canal fill.—L a id o n the table. Mr. S. Rice presented a similar petition from Geo. Barker: Mr. L. KEtK rresented , a petition from Loughborough, iH the county of Leicester, for the Abolition of Negro Slavery • Laid on the table. 4r. C. PELHAM presented petitions from the 'Meister's of Southampton, praying for a reduction of Duty on their Stock •s on hand ; and from the .Parishes of East Retford and Ash. , bourn, for the Abolition of Slavery. • EvAiss moved for Returns of the number and descrip flan of Slates in the Isle of France and the Mauritius. Petitions were also presented by Lord 1,/xn tzl DO E, from the Landowners of the Island of Anok•sea, against .the repeal 'of the Usury Laws; by Woad Davies, front the City of Wor. .cester, against the Corn Laws; by Mr. Du*LoP, from a p,! #c * jn the Stewartry of iiircudbrip,ii:; and by Captain Goa. % Dols - , from several other pariabe, rnSanialid4 tigwing any i n t h e baokinq system of that country ; by Mr. If ti front Keelseyrnoor; in Aberdeens!str,?, for the Abolition - of ' Slavery - 4 and from the Borough of Preston anti its vicinity, for Use • Repeal of the Corn Laws—which were rlevcrealy read and laii: on the table. • BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES. . Atr,GRENFEI,IS prefiented a Petition ticin Kt ward ChanCe, stating' that he wa,: the author of an invvntion, by which the forgery of Bank notes would. be rendered mere ditficnit, and praying .for an inquiry into its merits; HOnourable•' Member observed, _that he knew nothing of the merits of the r invention itself, but he thought it incumbent upon she Bank at' Engiand,to glye the public a note niece ditlicuit of imitation than , tbe•present. • ' • • • • • - PEARSE did not collect from. the non. Member that the petitioner had laid his ins - dation before cite lank Directors. Every possible attention had been given to the subject, and no expellee had been spared ' • but nothing had y et b een pres e nted but what bad been found to be as ca. , y, or easier or imitistion than the plate now in use. The petition was then laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. . AIL amour{ brought up a return of Contracts for Gaols in Ireland. ISLAND OF ANTIOVA Mr. BARING rose to present a .:14cmorial from the Logis/a. tore and Council of the island, of Antigua. lie thought this memorial deserved the greatest attention, and he would shortly state the substance.of nto the House It complained of the unjust censures to which tint Colonial , Legislatures and the planters had been 'exposed, and it stated the belief cf the peti. - tioners•that the slam polittlation of the Island of Antigua was inn better condition. with respect to moral and religions culture than_ those in any other of the West Indies Hands. It allegeai that the Parliament and Government of this country had for merly encouraged the stave trade as a branch of Ct . /111mm ct'good per se, and without • any reference to our own West !Desire Colo . . 'hies, anti that this commerce bad been carried on to an extent ,which the Colonial Legislatures bad by reptived and earnest applications to the Government of England sought in vain to abridge.—(The lion. Member. here entered into several state. ments to prove the truth of this allegation.)—The memorialists then went on to say, that although they protested against the notion that sugar islands could never be cultivated by free la. 'hour, they were not, unwilling that .th e ex p er i ment should be made in their island, which presented a very advantageous field for it to account of the superior moral and religitius condition of their *tavola, provided an adequate compensation was assured to them. , The ;Lion. Member expressed his opinion that this suggestion ought to be seriou s ly cons id e red. F roth all the formatioh he could obtain, he entertained nu doubt that the as. sertion of the Memorial, as to the superior condition of the Slaves in Antigua was strictly correct. A iler a few observations from Mr. 111 A . -s NINo the )lernu. rial was laid on the table, and ord e r e d to b e printed. CORN: LA WS. Alt. WHITMORE fixed his Notion on the Corn Laws for the 2gd May. '' ' EDUCATION IN lIIIII 4 A ND. . . . Air. J. SAIITH. eadled•the attention o f th e I !pole to a Pelle lion he held in hie hand from a gloat number of the Catholic ' I Population of Ireland, complaining of the mete of education. The petitioners disape,roved of some of the mopositioni made by the Commissioners of Education, and lie would therefore ,say, at the °meet, that he was one of those who thOught..that they had pert - brined their duty in a ntost,estemplary manner,— ' It had been recommended that Protestants Wild Catholics should be educated together. The Catholics; however, on consulting their Clergy, were not diepoeed to follow the recommentietion unconditionally. It was prayed by, the petitioners, and he thought the requests all very reasonable ones, that in every.. school were the children of Catholic parente composed the • majority, the master should be a Catholic; ; that when they were the minority,' there should he t+ t `atholie ustkr ; and thin no books should be forced • upon there L iit s tton its their i Clergymen approved. 'rho(' whB a get.. , r .1 empietoo that I provelytiem was the object in view, end lie ‘..Lid too think the 1 suspicion altogether unfounded. Nothi ng could be mitre unjust, illiberal, or intolerant than to farce any body to read any bobk they dill not like. No man kgreved Inure reiteeroly then he did the 'prejudice of the C#tholics up ou this ioileeet, but as they had it, he thought it f a ir that they ' s ho u ld h. iiidolgeti. What ' was the conduct pursued in_ this:respect lo other coutitritli ? lie knew upon the authority of a French Noblemen, that :t in "%nee, by a deeree of 'Joule XVI 11. it was ce pictisly prolLibited i in public scho o l s . to put any book into thteltailtls Lila Jetersh child which had not received the approWttion- of .tha prinilipal ' Rabbis. Some of o'er own igisalerit.ry ; 4 (i..ietileialso kvsetited us with an example welt worthy of iiiitittion. 'Their firetob. • jest wh e n they sett l e d , amongst any betbeo out; 'erinnetritit i,thi. nation was to instr uc t them I,n the art s orlif e; etul. having,tlth i s , acquired a hold' ulions their gratitude, they Mittel the .leeek of conversion eomparittively easy. In like maitherbe Ive Mil soy, if you want to c onvert the .Itish, begin Vet...rink - 4(a ' . claim upon their gratitude. One' witnessed ;:exernitted 11, the . COITItII Meioners threw 'considerable "light open the i.tiloect „of proselytism. He wes'it person belonging to' one cut' the ednctitlith societies, and to the question whether proselytiem watt arty Off of his object, be replied by a decided oagative ; Ite.ott.ftelpg further queationek he said Oita hie object and that of the i 0 tidy wan to diffuse veritable ChriatiartirytAttillt^wat; then quielt. lydiseuvered that nothing multi: he more retizole from; hie ithia of .veritable Christianity,than the Cathelie faith. From a re turn of the children receiving education in all the sebooli in Ireland, .it appeared that their whole number amounted to 569,000, that of theme .01,000 were (.4tholles, wed that of ' this great notnber of Catholice, no more than 31,ee8 re ce i ve d • . benefit iron) public aid; and this is the people whose pastors and gentry have betel described as averse to education. The value or general v. - lure:ion to society might be inferred from the fhet, that of the unfortunate permons who 11:.(1 to suffer from thee. fended law s of their country, tt very small proportion indeed were ' able to reed. Ile hoped that Alinisters who had acquired au high a character for Itberality, and he would say justly acquired it, would Nike this subject int o th e i r ser i ous consideration, and afford to the poor Catholics of Ireland the advantages or edttea- tion upon th e i r own terms. It was a curious fact, and one for . which there was strong authority in hittory, that the advance ment of English education et a very . remote age was to part owing to the interference of Ireland. It was at least certain that it was froin Ireland that the glorious light of the Closest first i l b ) e r e i el‘ i a g: ; t r l c i . t t: ll o l : l::: y t l s t ) , t i c a :s n ll e l, x 1 1. 11: % .i - lo a ti tu t g l i s o l l i n , ' : (o) a t i o i : : w.rtlifhtliiaetht apo log i sed the pe ti tion subject t he hthOaedi w ars e 4 i him,b house o g t anti for to pe s . the t: , sent might not be ineileetu3l. objected to any Compliance with the prayer of the petition, and maintained that the same reason' ... edvanced in favour of the House voting a SUM of money for the . edue,ttion of The Roman Catholics, would ectuelly apply to 0 similar te te:est in behalf of the •disciples of _Porn Peine. Ile thought le-an:lntent heti no authority to grant iii' public till-.o- icy for the purpose of proinoting eduestion in the CA,t,hi'Lic,a'l°,,i any other religion which wits contrary , to that of the t! ,, '_, ~, of the Holy ekripturet4 . Tee Vrie*!., `atop' hatt; I ? " :; n ri " ,i4, g' ' education „ We, at sc!..ools ..vhere the Bible w;:s tr,rid. Hut vs r_f Catholics of Ireland educate their tiiViV . ntrnPeeh 'I icy. , w il e lc ei 'f' t ' o ° ll r te °ll iPae it ‘ t c t o m u i l i d e n A o li t s e: lii n t p i l: n i . n o n h 6 erC l tensive funds flit the ratans to contrilnit e t e l t ' i n e t t e t y ; n c e , :io t u u t l it iel l .t i tl7.a c offices of charity. It' no or th h political co p u u n r i i r x; f e o s ; he meanst! t thou g 4 I I Itlllitte distinction !li sp tha ttheetolf o l ' lb r il e e n l (m at t e commonhetween